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| "One Psychic Sprite found." |
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| "A piece of 'in a nutshell' lore |
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| The result after all these soft-resetting... |
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| ...And the EV spread I'm going to run. |
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| These are the stats. Not impressive, but Timid and 31 Sp. Atk IV is good enough. |
My playlist: Support from Love (爱的供养)
It is another typical morning in Camphrier. Wizzy, along with his two Espeon, Aether the Dream Eater, and Magus the Choice Scarfer, visit his personal stable holding two of his Girafarig.
"Breakfast is ready," said Wizzy as he prepares two bowls of nutrient feed for the Girafarig, then notices one of the Girafarig biting on the gate. "Hey! Stop applying Crunch on these doors!"
"Must I put you to drowsiness?!" scolded Aether, telepathically, to the Crunching Girafarig.
"My younger brother... he's becoming this since Wizzy didn't make much utility of him." babbled the other Girafarig.
"He would've made use of me too, I mean, what if there's a Chandelure around? I might unleash a Shadow Ball at that infernal ghost thanks to this Scarf." said Magus, wearing a Choice Scarf.
"I.. need to... break free!!" said the Crunching Girafarig, galloping hyper-actively.
"Okay! Okay! I will let you two go off. I'll be riding one of you later, most likely you, the jolly one." said Wizzy.
Three Xatu, one of them being a male shiny variant, landed in front of Wizzy as if they were being assembled like statues.
"We came to inform you what we've heard during our meditation. Listen carefully. We assume it's from the goddess." said the shiny Xatu.
Wizzy closed his eyes, listened to what appears to be a poem, but more of a riddle to him, with a voice what appears to be from Cresselia:
"To thou who is blessed by the light of the Aspect of Dreams,
Sprites of psionic power descend in the land of intrigue."
"A celestial meeting at an enchanted forest from a visitor of time,
A sprite joyously appears to grant wishes in a splendorous night sky,
Victory shall awaken hope in the darkest of caves,
The melody of the lost relics shall be heard, in the city of light."
"Hmm, it seems I'm going to see those Mythicals!" thought Wizzy, "Come one, what are the last phrases...""To seek the sprites is never a simple task,As none get to see 'em in the light of day.But a psychic, of light and darkness, can see the sprites...
...yet that's not enough to meet 'em in glory,
Because a psychic and his opposing force must unite,
Which is whom can commune with ghosts."
"I'd assume that Fate wanted you and your 'enemy' to be brought together," said the shiny Xatu, "Because by looking at your past you're very close to..."
"What did you mean ‘close'?! It's not like I hang out with her that often... Regardless, I don't want to hear this topic coming out again. Never." said Wizzy.
"Do you not know how scary a Chandelure is? Both Endurer and Sleeky are terrified of it." said Magus, mentioning Wizzy's two Metagross.
"We'll discuss about it later. Right now, I need to get my Exeggutor. It knows where to search for the first sprite- Celebi." said Wizzy.
Meanwhile, in Laverre, Mixia, the Ghost Girl whom Wizzy stated, is meditating, along with a few Ghost-types, in order to improve her link with the Spirit World. Her mind then hears the same voices and the riddle as what Wizzy has heard back in Camphrier. After hearing, she looked distracted.
"I don't remember when I have my part in helping Wizzy to find Psychic-type Mythicals. That Psychic will be crazy for these sprites, but I'm sure they're not as good as Fairies." commented Mixia.
"Mismagius-magius?" her Mismagius, Jauna, asked.
"Perhaps my presence has got to do with those Mythical Pokemon appearing in front of Wizzy," said Mixia as she summons up a spirit, staring at it, then releasing it back to the Spirit World, "Who knows what the spirits know about these Pokemon?"
Mixia's Trevenant, Graspion, along with two Gourgeist, one small and one super-sized, appears back of her.
"Treve-trevenant!" Graspion exclaimed.
"What? You know where to find those sprites?" asked Mixia.
"Trevenant... Venant-treve-treven." Graspion appeared grumpy.
"So only you can locate Celebi... It's in Santalune Forest, right? Or is it Route 20?" she asked again.
"Venant. Trevenant-treve," Judging from the Trevenant's vocalizations, it might suggest that Celebi will appear in one of the forest areas in Kalos...
"Santalune? The last time I saw the Tree of Life prior to my graduation from Trainer's School was somewhere very deep in the Forest... Maybe Celebi will appear there, but it is totally not related to Xerneas." thought Mixia.
"Folks, we're heading to Santalune. You shall be my compass to Celebi, Graspion. Every Phantump and Trevenant born in Kalos know where and when will Xerneas appear, and I suppose they by right also know where will Celebi appear." she announced.
Mixia recalled back the Pokemon around her, and her transportation Drifblim, Manitou, picks her up and Flies towards her destination.
On the other side, on Camphrier's town square, Wizzy's Exeggutor, a shiny Gallade and his Starmie, Starrier, is discussing about which Pokemon Wizzy is going to use for the next challenge at the Battle Spot.
"I can't believe our trainer never mentioned anything about countering those dreaded Garchomp. We could've the power to defeat one, for example, my super-charged Ice Beam!" said Starrier.
"What if that monster unleashed a Poison Jab on me? I'll not survive that!" replied the Exeggutor.
"You know who can negate a Garchomp in our roster? Our friend Solrock. I supposed that large piece of Sun Stone's skills are designed to counter such monsters, not to mention those wicked fire birds. It Levitates so it negates an Earthquake, plus it casts a Will-o-wisp to set that creature on fire. It's unfortunate that our trainer did not use it." commented Sorceris, the shiny Gallade.
"So let's visit..."
"Sorry to interrupt the conversation guys. Exeggutor, do you know anything about Celebi?" asked Wizzy.
"Celebi? After my kind was driven out of the forests by those dreaded Trevenant, we never hear anything about the Forest Sprite throughout our presence at Azure Bay." replied the Exeggutor. "However, I can direct you to when Celebi was last seen through out ancestors' eyes: the Forest which resembles the one back in Kanto."
"A forest in Kanto... Viridian Forest... that's it! Santalune Forest!" Wizzy exclaimed.
"You three, teleport us to outside the Pokemon Center in Santalune. We're going to do some roaming through out the Forest." commanded Wizzy to the three Xatu. He, along with Sorceris, his two Espeon, two Girafarig and the Exeggutor stand in the teleportation circle chanted by the three Xatu.
"As you wish, young Psychic." said the shiny Xatu as it, along with its other brethren spread their wings.
"Hey wait up! You haven't informed me what was the ruckus about!" said Unstabler the Wobbuffet as it struggled to hop towards Wizzy. Wizzy, along with the Pokemon in the teleportation circle, vanished.
"Wah! Oh come on!" said Unstabler as it fell down and missed the teleportation circle.
"They went off to find Celebi." said Starrier.
"That's unfair! I can't believe they did not invite me..." said the Wobbuffet.
"It's not an invitation to a party. How am I going to lift you up like this?" replied Starrier.
At Santalune, the same teleportation circle appears at the city square, warping in Wizzy and his Pokemon. On the same time, the Drifblim that was carrying Mixia arrived at the Pokemon Center.
"Thanks, Manitou!" said Mixia as the Drifblim flew off. She then runs off to Route 3, heading to Santalune Forest.
Wizzy, on the other hand, being charged with psychic power from the teleportation circle, telepathically notices Mixia exiting Santalune, and teleported towards the northern entrance of the Forest before the girl would reach the entrance.
"Calling yourself the fastest runner in Trainer's School? My psionics can do better than that." boasted Wizzy.
"Remember Wizzy, just because you have those psychic energies doesn't mean that you can always cheat. And you weren't a psychic back in Trainer's School." replied Mixia.
"Anyhow, what are you here for? I'm here to look for Celebi." said Wizzy.
"As do I. A strange 'voice' told me to accompany you. I hope Xerneas knows what is going on now." said Mixia.
"I feel like I can go find Celebi by myself... But since Cresselia wants us to find the Time Traveler together, well, I guess we have no choice..." said Wizzy.
Mixia then summons the Pokemon that was with her back in Laverre, then Wizzy's Pokemon catch up with him.
"Hold on, Wizzy! How could you leave us behind here... wait, argh!?!" said the Girafarig, with Sorceris riding on its back, and got scared by the Ghosts, which made the Gallade fell.
"I hate being left behind... attack the Ghosts! Protect the trainer!" commanded Sorceris.
"Misdreavus-bvsagh!" Mixia's Misdreavus, Morphy, wailed.
Aether immediately stopped and forms a shield of psychic energy around it, appearing to be casting Protect. Jauna's arms formed a Shadow Ball, and hurled it at Aether, but with no prevail. The large Gourgeist formed a Light Screen around the Ghost Pokemon that are standing behind the wall to nullify the damage taken, while the small Gourgeist attempted a Shadow Sneak at Magus.
Graspison saw the chaos, and chants an incantation, possibly a Rock Slide, which magically forms boulders and dropping them on top of the attacking Pokemon, which manages to cause the Pokemon to flinch, and the chaos stopped.
"Mixia! How dare you..." scolded Wizzy.
"I told you so many times that I've stopped the attacks on your Pokemon! Your Pokemon are being hypocritical about my Ghosts! Just... tell them not to attack my Ghosts on sight..." said Mixia. "Guys, we're going in by ourselves. Don't interfere with the Psychics anymore..."
The Ghost-type Pokemon then followed Mixia's orders, and then headed into Santalune Forest.
Wizzy thought.
He understood what's going on.
He knew that he will not see Celebi if this continues.
He immediately rushed to grab Mixia's hand.
"You're not going alone." said Wizzy. "Give me one more chance of trust."
Mixia closed her eyes. She's reminded of her rivalry with Wizzy: how many times her Ghost team managed to beat Wizzy's Psychic teams, how powerful is her elitist Ghost team in the Battle Maison, and how many times she bluffed in front of him. But inside her Pandora's Box of rivalry there is a total contrast of her thoughts: her crush on Wizzy, with the fact that they were childhood friends. The voices of the spirits also enforced this thought.
“Okay." she replied, "We're going to do this together. Celebi is going to leave at any moment. There's no time to waste."
Graspion and the Exeggutor led the way. While trekking in the Forest, Wizzy and Mixia looked around the surroundings of the forest, looking like they're reminded of some memories.
"I remembered you nagging me that you've seen Xerneas in the Forest for like hundreds of times. But when I took a look, all I see was a Tree of Life." said Wizzy.
"Which was exactly what was I trying to say: the Tree of Life is Xerneas." replied Mixia.
"And I remember seeing you encountering a Trevenant up close, and I had to drag you away from it!" he added.
"Trevenant?!" Graspion gasped.
"No, Graspion, He's not referring to you." replied Mixia in response to the Trevenant's shock.
The two, along with their respective Pokemon, arrived at the northeastern part of the forest.
"What? There's no way to get into there." said Wizzy.
"I can recall we came from there. Let me open up the way!" said the Exeggutor.
The high-layered dirt of the northeastern-most got shattered by the Exeggutor's combination of psionic and natural powers, which reveals a wide, apparently about three tall grass bushes wide.
"Impossible! I wondered if Xerneas came from there..." exclaimed Mixia.
"Trevenant-venant." Graspion alerted the two that they had to get onto this path quickly.
"There's no time to waste. My telepathic feedback suggests that Celebi is about to arrive at any moment!" alerted Wizzy.
Wizzy, Sorceris and the two Espeon jumped onto the backs of the respective Girafarig, and the two Girafarig charged forward. Mixia, being a born runner, sprinted swiftly in a speed that's too swift for the other Ghost-types to catch up. The three Xatu levitated and flew towards their destination, two of then being sped up by using U-turn.
The team soon arrived at a shrine, which is somewhat uncommon in Kalos, as much deforestation has taken place throughout the region for many centuries, many of the forest shrines disappeared over time.
"This looks like the Ilex Shrine we read back in Trainer's School. For some reason I can't identify its purpose, or whoever build it here. I know what's the purpose of the Celestic Shrine in Sinnoh, and the Abundant Shrine of Unova, but this is something impossible you'll see in Kalos." analysed Mixia.
"I'll take a closer inspection." said Wizzy.
As Wizzy walked closer to the shrine, a mysterious beam of light shines upon the shrine. Wizzy covered his eyes from the intense glare.
The Time Traveler has arrived. It chants out the first line of the riddle:
"A celestial meeting at an enchanted forest from a visitor of time..."
"I'm Wizzy, the psychic whom seeks you under Cresselia's guidance." said Wizzy.
"Hey! I also helped him to find you." said Exeggutor.
"Don't forget us." said the two Girafarig.
"Wait, you forgot about us?!" said the two Espeon.
"Silence, you fools!" scolded the shiny Xatu, then speaks to Celebi in a tender, yet polite voice, "My apologies for the behavior of these creatures. I'll let the Gallade speak."
Sorceris walked towards Celebi, and kneels in front of it. "It is an honour to meet you here, in a place so sacred that is beyond mortal eyes." it greeted.
"Whoa, whoa, you're expecting me to be a messenger of Dialga, didn't you? You can treat me informally, perhaps a little." said the Forest Sprite.
"I'm sorry for my Pokemon reacting wildly towards your presence." said Wizzy as he picks up a box of Poke Puffs from his bag, and selecting the green one, "Here! Have a Poke Puff!"
"Whoa! How do you know the green one is my favourite!" asked Celebi as it munched on the Poke Puff happily.
"You're a Grass-type, after all." replied Wizzy.
"Well, you seem that you know which Sprite likes which colour, I suppose." said Celebi, "And by the way, who's the girl dressed in such, how do I describe, well, in such a way that is somewhat strange?"
"Strange? Young girls nowadays look... something like this. Anyone knows Misty? Anyone?" responded Mixia.
"Mixia? She's more of a Medium that you see in Johto. I'm certain that Misdreavus were a nuisance back in Johto, right?" interrupted Wizzy.
"Yes, Gastly and Misdreavus are pure annoyance back there. But with the discovery of these apparitions called Mismagius in Sinnoh, it is those things that are bringing me trouble now. However, the worst of all creatures I encountered is Tyranitar! Those demons are extremely capable of bringing doom upon me and the other fellow Sprites!" answered Celebi.
"Mismiagius?!" Jauna screeched in confusion.
"And speaking of Medium, I heard of someone called the 'Shaman', according to Xerneas, and I suppose you're referring to this girl." Celebi added.
"That's me! I suppose. Have you heard the tale of the Eternal Flower? It's about a man who gained immortality and wandered for three millennia throughout Kalos to search for the Eternal Flower." asked Mixia.
"The Eternal Flower? I traveled back to Kalos three millennia before now, and I must say, it was extremely ugly, if you get what I meant. Oh, and I remember when wandering about between centuries, I met the Eternal Flower, and she's really dissatisfied of what her owner had done to this region. Tragic, but ugly." replied Celebi.
"I hope the world does not repeat the mistakes of the past. We almost went down to annihilation because of that deranged Lysandre and his Team Flare." said Wizzy.
"I agreed. Sometimes I wondered why those doom-makers didn't think of capturing me instead of absorbing Xerneas and Yveltal's powers... But that would have been a scary scenario." said Celebi.
"Trust me. I'll disintegrate those Grunts if they're coming after you or you fellow friends!" said Wizzy.
"And so do both of us!" chanted Sorceris.
"That's not the right phrase." replied Wizzy.
"I just felt that I should sharpen my blades." replied the Gallade.
"You know what I think of you, Wizzy? While you speak of words of honour and courage when it comes to swearing oaths to me, you also incite words of hatred and distrust towards your rival, but behind your veil is your infatuation towards her." said Celebi.
"What?! Me and Mixia?! I don't think a Psychic like myself can trust someone who uses Ghosts!" yelled Wizzy, furiously.
"Yet I read your mind that you enjoyed her presence on... special moments?" added the Forest Sprite.
"Never! Psychic-types and Ghost-types are meant to be apart by the ethereal line... unless it's Hoopa." Wizzy shouted again.
"Your distrust is so powerful that will make a Kirlia die. Prove it by unleashing your so-called 'disintegrate' at the girl." said Celebi.
Wizzy raised his hand towards Mixia, preparing to cast his disintegration power at her. As he focused his mind to charge the attack, however, conflicting thoughts arose in his mind, preventing him from charging the attack properly.
"I... can't do it..." he thought.
Morphy attempted to check the psychic's status with Pain Split. From the results and its painful reaction in using Pain Split, it seems that it would have been horrible.
Wizzy then tried to cast his mind-altering ability. Again, his attempt at readying the psionic ability that of a Beheeyem was proven fruitless as his 'dexter and sinister' thoughts are corrupting his mind.
"Must... gain... control..." he thought again.
"Are you alright? Must I cast a Heal Pulse or something?" Sorceris asked.
"Gourgeist-gour..." the two Gourgeist were worried despite being on the opposite 'polarity'.
He attempted to grasp control of his powers and so do his mind, while at the same time using psionic friction to generate lightning. The skill is usually extremely powerful when one has a clear mind, and Wizzy has been practicing it back at the Anistar Gym, with sparks coming out from the head and lightning is formed. However, this time, very few sparks come out from his head, as most of his power is focused on gaining stability of his mind.
"Why... should I do it..." he thought as he's gaining back his morality.
"I'm starting to think my negative perception on Ghosts is wrong." thought Magus.
The lightning is ready, but in very small amount that is not enough to match a Pikachu's Thunderbolt. This small fickle of lightning is charged up, unleashed, and hit Mixia's navel.
"Agh!" Mixia suffered a slight recoil. Wizzy then collapsed.
"I can't do it. I cannot kill my own friend. I've been childhood friends with her back in Vaniville. She's also helped me in my direst situations, and I always return her the favour... somewhat." said Wizzy, "How could one be devoid of gratitude towards his friend?"
"So... that proves that you two are lovers." replied Celebi.
"Yes... sometimes..." he confessed.
"Well, looks like you gained my trust." the Forest Sprite added.
"Huh?" the Psychic-types gasped.
"It means that he's able to summon me whether I'm called to battle. Every Sprite has this trait as long as a psychic is able to pass the tests related to the respective Sprite." Celebi explained.
"So... that was a test of trust, right? From my observations, it seems that love always beat power within a Psychic's mind. And since our trainer passed it, that means you're able to join our battles whether he needs you?" asked Aether.
"Yes. He looked like he knows how to manage Psychic-types, despite many of his failings. We, the Sprites of Cresselia, are destined to be in the service of the Psychic of light and darkness." the Forest Sprite added. It then lifted up Wizzy.
"Wizzy, sometimes you shouldn't think too harshly on certain things." advised Celebi.
"I... know..." he replied.
"But you've gained my trust. You're free to call in me whenever you desire." said Celebi.
"However, I should leave now. Off to another timeline! I hope I won't be landing on this region's ugly past." Celebi greeted farewell.
Celebi closed its eyes, and the same mysterious light from the shrine shone onto the Celebi again. A green light swoop up, and Celebi disappeared, probably going into another era of another region.
Mixia then walked towards Wizzy.
"You're alright, Wizzy?" she asked.
"I think I'm still good." replied Wizzy, and stared at Mixia's stomach, "Are you alright, too? Did my power hurt you, perhaps a bit too much?"
"Nope, that didn't hurt my navel." Mixia replied.
"But I can sense that you had a strong feeling of pain when you're struck... I'll get my first aid kit back in Camphrier to heal your navel." said Wizzy
"It's not very painful as you think, because as long I can make the pain go away, I should have no problems. Look, not even a speck of char forms on my abdomen, right?" said Mixia, and winked, "Plus sometimes you shouldn't think too harshly on some things, and not get too worriedly on other things, too."
She then hugs Wizzy. The psychic can sense a feeling a warmth and sincerity in the embrace.
"Perhaps... you're right. Maybe I was being stressed out after running into a lot of overrated Pokemon back in the Battle Spot." commented Wizzy. The two then release each other.
Manitou descended into the Forest.
"I must go now, Wizzy. See you in the next battle!" said Mixia as she greeted farewell. She recalled back her Ghost-types and hung on onto the Drifblim, and it flew off to its trainer's next destination.
"You know what was I thinking? I think I had a misconception about Ghost-types, including that Trevenant. If you take in account of how many Pokemon you encountered at the Battle Spot, I'm really certain that no other trainers, apart from you, would make use of us, and so do some of these Ghosts. Trust me, it seems that Trevenant also suffered a lot as I did nowadays." commented the Exeggutor.
"At least I made use of you guys." said Wizzy, "Maybe I shouldn't judge Mixia harshly."
"I hope you can end this rivalry." said the Shiny Xatu.
"Let's go back to Camphrier." said Wizzy.
The three Xatu cast the same teleportation circle again, this time, teleporting Wizzy and his Pokemon back to Camphrier. They then disappeared without a trace.
Author's note
Phew, that wasn't easy writing up this story. I always had to do this without anyone around!
About the part where Wizzy unleashed his wrath, it was supposedly to be Wizzy being so furious that it scared away the Celebi, which is somewhat dark. But nothing is more horrifying than being tempted to abandon your friend. There's a Chinese proverb with the saying "forgetting one's kindness and retaliating with evil" (忘恩负义). I mean, look, despite Wizzy and Mixia's rivalry, they still acknowledge the fact that they care for each other, and unlike that Gary who always say this provocative 'smell ya later' towards either friend or foe.
In addition, sure there are a lot of Psychic-types never had much usage on the Battle Spot, or not at all, but I must acknowledge that there are other Pokemon being segregated by the metagame's classifications, Do I ever seen Dusknoir, Tauros, Drapion or Lanturn on the Battle Spot? More like once in a blue moon. What about Tentacruel, normal Rotom, Misdreavus and Drifblim? Not at all. Also, I'm the only one using Misdreavus, normal Rotom and Drifblim in part of my battles against overrated insta-win Pokemon. Don't worry, Exeggutor, Grumpig, Jynx and Girafarig, I got your backs.
And speaking of Exeggutor, perhaps I should make use of it much often. I used Jynx and Grumpig on one time, and they did a great team on walling Suicune. Now if you excuse me, I'm off to EV training my Celebi.
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